Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-292) and index.
Race and the character of the FBI -- Secret reconstruction, 1871-1905 -- Proud genesis, 1905-1909 -- Loss of mission, 1909-1924 -- The first age of reform, 1924-1939 -- Counterespionage and control, 1938-1945 -- The alienation of liberal America, 1924-1943 -- Gestapo fears and the intelligence schism, 1940-1975 -- Anachronism as myth and reality, 1945-1972 -- A crisis of American democracy, 1972-1975 -- Reform and its critics, 1975-1980 -- Mission regained, 1981-1993 -- Strife and slippage, 1993-2001 -- 9/11 and the quest for national unity.